This evening is hosted by Stranded FM, the unconventional internet radio platform in Utrecht. In the broadcasting of this springboard for local talent, one can hear both new innovative acts and forgotten sounds.

Prices: €7,50

Stranded FM: Too Many Creeps

21.00-22.00

Too Many Creeps! Inspired by the eponymous track by Bush Tantras, Maria & Camy are connected by their sharp political vision, DIY mentality and feminism. This duo will open the night with their field trips to post-punk, garage and other raw styles.

Karel

22.00 – 22.30 uur

If someone with endless energy can show you how to get loose, it is Karel. An anti-reaction to the current band culture in the Netherlands; no stiff hassle, just letting go completely! With the help of drum machines and synthesizers, he has created a sort of synthesizer pop, in the most lo-fi studio possible: his bedroom. You can hear that he used to listen to Level 42, New Order and Duran Duran there as well. But the influences of contemporary bands like John Maus and The Knife can also be found in his music.

Karel impressed the audience of Down the Rabbit Hole in 2018, and the jury of 3voor12, who placed him as 3rd on the list of best acts of that festival, with only Nick Cave and David Byrne above him. Long story short: Karel is going to be the next sensation of the Netherlands.

Stranded FM: Tala Drum Corps b2b Curling

22.30-23.30 en 00.15- 01.00

De Stranded-delegation is followed up by Tala Drum Corps and Curling.

Rattling percussions and an alienating mix of club and wave dominate the DJ sets of Tala Drum Corps. The Utrecht producer, DJ and Cultfarm resident slowly sends the dance floor to another dimension. Swords crossed, will he enter the stage together with Niels Koster a.k.a. Curling. Making an impression with his ‘Flip the Tape’ shows on Stranded FM, the vocalist of Throwing Bricks and Birth of Manuel gets his inspiration from an eclectic mix of, among others, metal, noise, shoegaze, EBM and hip-hop. Expect a session full of industrial wave and overdriven drums.

Ploegendienst

23.30 – 00.15 uur

Ploegendienst is mainly a hard-hitting punk band that likes to kick against everything: the masses, closed doors and public transport gates. The Dutch texts are about the biggest inconveniences of life: tourist terror, broken phones and the system. Ruthless lyrics that you want to scream with singer Ray Fuego (SMIB), perhaps the most furious frontman of the moment. He is assisted on stage by veterans of Auxa and Adolf Butler, sp it is only a matter of time for the mix of 80’s hardcore punk, oi! and trash explodes. Guaranteed demolition by the Ploe-Ploe-Ploegendienst.

Everything is in its right place. At home, in the city. We’ll leave everything right there where it belongs. But during Uncloud, we transform EKKO into an art lab. Art forms, space and sound merge into a new entity that shakes your senses and breaks every boundary. We’re talking about sound becoming visible, images hearable. Nothing is static. Everything is either in flux or in development. Become part of the process at Uncloud: the event during which experimental music, raw and polished, steps into new worlds.

Footprints is all about blending traditional and contemporary sounds with influences originating from distant corners. The festival follows the footprints which abandon the beaten path, to a place where daring music is given room for development. Creators with the inner necessity to deform established currents add new sounds by means of electronics, ignoring genres and without regard to the unwritten laws of music.

On Saturday 15 September, 2018, at 13.00 hrs, the collective performance What Is the City but the People?, based on an idea by British artist Jeremy Deller, will be hosted in Utrecht by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht in collaboration with Centraal Museum Utrecht and SPRING Performing Arts Festival. Over 300 residents of Utrecht will celebrate the city and share their stories during the opening of the Uitfeest on a mega runway of 60 metres on the renovated Jaarbeursplein. With this art project, the three Utrecht art institutions work together to create a live self-portrait of the city of Utrecht. This time, there will be no models on the runway, but the residents who give the city its unique face.

Just before the opening of Destillaat#20, we’ve invited the pioneers of the online radio scene DUBLAB for an evening filled program. Joscha Creutzfeldt and Cristian Subirà, founders of the dublab.de and dublab.es branches, will bring along various artists who will perform during this livestream from Extrapool. Together with the Utrecht based online radio platform Stranded FM, Joscha and Cristian will exchange ideas and discuss the state of radio culture and the rise of online broadcasting. What does online radio bring to the underground scene in a city and what gives broadcasters the urge to produce? Tune in online from L.A. to Tokyo or visit Extrapool and be part of this live radio-event!

Stranded FM is happy to invite you for a Drive-By Show, a live showcase of the sounds rollin' past your ears in one of our longtime Judge Drive-By radio sessions. Expect a crazy party full of retro and future hiphop, Memphis sounds, bass, ghetto-tech, trap, footwork and so on..

With ‘Deep Deep Down’ Nick Liefhebber expands his ever expanding universe, mixing existing symbolism with his own imagery.With his delicate layered images made from rough graphic shapes he investigates new ways of creating screenprints. Deep Deep Down stands for uncovering new techniques, images and stories.

During the EXPO Stranded FM is streaming from upstairs with a line-up of electronic grooves and otherworldly tribal sounds.

environmental disaster is ahead, progress is impeded by vested interests. inequality gaps are rising, echoes of a dark past haunt the present. housing markets explode, cultural heritage becomes real estate. and now we are here, throwing a free party in a former jail.

it's a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, world.

join Stranded FM for a day of revolt. entrance is free, yet we kindly ask you to donate. all proceeds shall go straight to Het Actiefonds. since 1968 this organisation has been supporting and financing bottom-up activist movements that work for a social, righteous and sustainable society. read more on www.hetactiefonds.nl

location: the old church space of Gevangenis Wolvenplein. the basketball court will be open for sun, fun and food.